SPENCE, Thomas Ara, (nephew of John Selby Spence),
a Representative from Maryland;
born near Accomac Court House, Accomac County, Va., February 20, 1810;
pursued academic studies and attended a local academy;
was graduated from Yale College in 1829;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Snow Hill, Md.;
elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845);
was not a candidate for renomination;
later affiliated with the Republican Party;
owned large iron-ore properties in Worcester County;
judge for Worcester County and the twelfth judicial circuit 1857-1867;
practiced law in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md.;
assistant attorney general for the Post Office Department 1872-1877;
died in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 1877;
interment in Makamie Memorial Church Cemetery, Snow Hill, Worcester County, Md.